Hello, my name is Esra Yüksel and I am lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Theoretical Nuclear Physics at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom. I received my Ph.D. in Theoretical Nuclear Physics from Yildiz Technical University (YTU) in Istanbul, Turkey in 2016 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Kutsal Bozkurt and Prof. Dr. Elias Khan (IPN-Orsay, France). My doctoral research focused on studying the collective excitations of nuclei under extreme conditions of isospin and temperature, using non-relativistic nuclear energy density functionals (NEDF).

Following my doctorate, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Physics Department of Zagreb University in Croatia with Prof. Dr. Nils Paar and his research group. During this time, I focused on optimizing the relativistic nuclear energy density functionals (DD-PCX) and developing finite temperature proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation codes.

Currently, my research interests include investigating the ground-state and excited-state properties of nuclei at zero and finite temperatures, as well as weak interaction rates in stellar environments such as electron capture and beta decay. My team has also begun exploring the use of artificial neural networks in nuclear physics.

For further information on my research, please visit my website. Thank you for your interest.

https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/esra-yuksel

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Esra_Yueksel

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=m6lN7uwAAAAJ&hl=tr